Beat | A Jenlisa Fan Fiction

Chapter 1

JENNIE'S POV

My shoes squeaked against the floor as I ran through the halls while occasionally glancing at my watch. Fuck. Being late really annoyed me. I had always been an achiever; top of my class, model student, and captain of the university dance troupe since my sophomore year. Anyway, the point is: I HAD NEVER BEEN LATE.

Finally, I reached our classroom door, out of breath. I stood outside, trying to fix myself and getting my breath under control. I went inside and the entire class turned their heads towards me. All thoughts about being tardy and the center of attention flew out of my mind as I fixed my eyes on the girl standing beside the professor.

She was beautiful. Her hair was just below her shoulders, rocking an ash brown color. She had bangs cut perfectly above her enchanting doe eyes. Her lips were plump and captivating with a shade of light pink. She was tall and slender, with long limbs which were perfectly proportioned. She was wearing a denim jacket over a cropped tank top showing off her toned abs, black skinny jeans, and classic low-cut chucks. My heart skipped a beat when our eyes met, but I noticed hers looked sad and tired.

"Ms. Kim, happy you could join us," Professor Ji said, catching my attention.

"I'm sorry for being late, sir. It won't happen again," I replied.

"Since this is the first time, I'll let it slide. Now get to your seat."

I nodded and proceeded to my usual seat between my best friends, Jisoo and Chaeyoung, at the back corner of the room.

"As I was saying, we have a new transfer student from Thailand. This is Lisa Manoban. Although she's joining us in the middle of the school year, I expect you to keep her in the loop about everything related to my class. Understood? Lisa, care to give a brief introduction?"

She nodded and stepped forward. "Hey. I'm Lisa. Nice to meet you all," she said with a reserved smile and a small polite bow.

"Alright, Lisa. Grab an empty seat and let's all move on to our discussion."

My eyes followed her as she proceeded to the empty chair beside Chaeyoung. She sat in silence without glancing at our direction.

Once the new girl was settled in her seat, Chaeyoung, being the friendly and upbeat person that she was, greeted, "Hey, Lisa! I'm Park Chaeyoung, but everyone calls me Rosé or Chaeng." Chaeyoung leaned back and pointed to us before saying, "And these are Kim Jennie and Kim Jisoo, my best friends!"

"Hey Chaeng, Jennie, and Jisoo, nice to meet you guys," she replied politely. Jisoo and I nodded slightly with a smile.

"Do you want to join us later for lunch?" Chaeyoung excitedly asked.

"Yeah, eat with us!" Jisoo said with a grin. "But fair warning, don't let Chaeng near your food if you don't like to share," she added, earning her a flick on the forehead and a huff from Chaeyoung.

Lisa stifled a giggle and replied, "Sure, thank you for inviting me."

After the invitation, we all focused our attention to the discussion. Or I tried to, anyway. For some reason, I couldn't stop glancing over to Lisa's direction. I had to admit, I was drawn to her. She had an undeniably mysterious aura that I couldn't shake and it made me so curious. Plus, it didn't help that she looked like a human Barbie. I was mesmerized. It was baffling. After the 3-hour class, we all headed to the cafeteria.

As we were walking down the hallway, someone shouted from afar. "Yo, Chaeyoung!"

We turned our heads and saw a tall muscular guy jogging towards us.